The one factor I am worried about is Andy physically. He was holding that hip a few times last night, and not just when he was struggllng. I wondered last year if it was his hip mire than his back that wasn't right and it is in my mind again. Still, I don't think he moved too badly last night, so even if he does have a niggle (I think he does) it will hopefully not be a factor.

Hopefully Andy will have learned a lot from playing Berdych on clay before.

What Andy can't afford is a start like last night. Berdych would love it, it would surely give him confidence. Andy needs to come out and get it from the off, give Berdych something to think about.

He has done much better than last year. Reaching the QF of a big tournament, with such a dire clay court record, is a credit to him. He regained his No 2 ranking as a result of his efforts last night, not just because of Kei's performance, which is good. If he gets through Berdych and Warwrinka he almost certainly would fall to Nadal. If he has got back/ hip problems not sure it will be worth the effort. In my eyes clay matches don't really count, the true Murray just doesn't appear. If he goes out tonight I will still be happy with his performance in this tournament.

I went into last nights match really thinking Simon was likely to have gained confidence from Warwrinka beating him, and might well pull it off. Glad he didn't but not optimistic about tonight.

It seems unfair to me that Birdy played his match so much earlier yesterday and then they don't put this the last match to give Andy more time to recover. If Andy didn't get to bed till say 4am as he predicted then it seems unlikely he'll be sufficiently refreshed to play the kind of tennis he needs to play to beat Birdy on clay, especially with what does appear to be a hip problem (not that I think that was the explanation for the weaknesses in his performance yesterday which seemed much more due to mental and physical sluggishness).So I'm not going to shed too many tears if he loses, and may well go to a meeting I'd been thinking of going to and recording it. Even if he loses Andy has already had 5 hours of match practice so will probably be c7 hours by end of today and he can get over to Rome and prepare in the very different conditions there.

Not confident about this, given the h2h on clay and and Andys gruelling late match yesterday. Still, these are just the challenges Andy seems to thrive on so hoping for a good match at the very least, hopefully a win for our boy. I just hope that he comes through without injury.

I think probably of all the clay courts, this is the best one to play Berdych on as it's a fairly quick court. Though with the match being on in the evening, conditions will be heavier which will help Berdych. But if Andy plays like he did yesterday, he'll lose. There's no way that Berdych would let him get away with pushing the ball down the middle of the court - a lot of his shots were barely landing past the service line, though the depth did improve as the match went on. Also, Andy will have to serve well as Berdych's really punished his second serve before.

I'm confused as to why Andy's clay game seems to have regressed this year. In 2011 he seemed to really have an understanding of how to play well on clay, using angles on the court, dominating rallies with his forehand, using an inside-out forehand really effectively, and well-timed dropshots. I hope he can return to that level of play again. Perhaps it's just a confidence issue at the moment, and his level will improve. A win against Berdych tonight would really help him believe in his clay game more.

I am delighted that he is through this far and has taken back the No 2 on his own merit. I think it will be hard for Fed to make up all these points. I, personally, am not too optimistic about tonight but I am sure he will fight and maybe Berdy will not. You never know. Maybe it is in the Gods. I do dream about it being a Murray v Nadal final.